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Month: June 2019

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Literature/Musings/Poetry/Writing

I Hear You

Posted on June 28, 2019 / 0 Comment

I hear you.Do you hear me?My lament and my devotion?You are breathless and nocturnalin a room next to mine.Before the valley door towers the guard of Janus.He d...

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I Will Cry For These Memories

Posted on June 26, 2019 / 0 Comment

I will cry for these memories–and the flickering light that cast our dance in shadows.How will you know me then?By my eyes?How will I know you then?By you...

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I Had Probed the Dark Sky

Posted on June 25, 2019 / 0 Comment

I had probed the dark skyfor words for youand there were none–starlings flown to valleys verdentand yet unexplored.Such is the coin of eloquencebequeathed...

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This Will Be a Summer

Posted on June 20, 2019 / 0 Comment

This will be a summerof hot dreams and playful nights.Every of your thousand inches will be touched and known.I’ll read them like pages from a fairy-tale ...

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Before Reading Any Bit of News

Posted on June 20, 2019 / 0 Comment

(repeat the following) The world is headed toward something.Catastrophe? Maybe not.Perhaps all the good people of the worldwill turn it all around. Perhaps. But...

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I First Saw You Play a Violin

Posted on June 15, 2019 / 0 Comment

I first saw you play a violinlike a cattail on a virgin wind. You were only an outline then. Tracing clouds with your eyesonly later did I see,and petals with a...

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I Thought the Night’s Solitude Over

Posted on June 10, 2019 / 0 Comment

I thought the night’s solitude over,on the forest’s edge where only I can go.I proffered my question to angels, towering above the trees,more ancien...

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The Days Are Filled with You

Posted on June 9, 2019 / 0 Comment

The days are filled with you; the night, too.ever-growing, my vines grow into you.Taut against your blossoms, over your valleys,I caress you like a fog, water a...

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We Are the Stories We Tell

Posted on June 7, 2019 / 0 Comment

We are the stories we tell–Even this onewe weave together. Our beautiful wordsdance with each otherand our love multiplies.

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This Sun

Posted on June 6, 2019 / 4 Comments

This sun, this moon, this moss-covered womb from which love awakes. To know you now, (Why not then? But still … now!) The butterflies have multiplied. I catch t...

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Brad Severance

Hi, my name is Brad Severance, and I'm a photographer, writer, Francophile, and avid reader. I live in Beaufort, NC.

You can check out my best photographs on my photography website site at photography.bradseverance.com and my Flickr profile at www.flickr.com/photos/brad-severance

If you wish to contact me, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail at me@bradseverance.com


2025 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I will post a photo a day for year 2025.
Check it out here: 2025 Photo Journey


Past Projects

2024 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I posted a photo a day for year 2024.
Check it out here: 2023 Photo Journey

2023 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I posted a photo a day for year 2023.
Check it out here: 2023 Photo Journey

2022 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I posted a photo a day for year 2022.
Check it out here: 2022 Photo Journey

The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

Each week, my painter, Addie, and I chose a theme upon which to write and paint. We had many exciting topics to explore and were excited to share our work.
Check it out here: The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

2021 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I posted a photo a day for year 2021.
Check it out here: 2021 Photo Journey

The 30 Day Poetry & Painting Challenge

Each day, for 30 days, my painter, Addie, and I selected a poem (from the public domain). I wrote a poem and she painted a painting inspired by that poem. The result was an outpouring of creative energy.
Check it out here: The 30 Day Poetry & Painting Challenge

2020 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I posted a photo a day for year 2020.
Check it out here: 2020 Photo Journey

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